Seed variety
Green Calaloo – Amaranthus tricolor
Green Calaloo is traded as a leafy Amaranthus tricolor selection with light green foliage. It belongs to the warm-season leaf-amaranth group, where young leaves are the principal culinary feature.
At a glance
Reference BSI-H24620Variety profile
Characteristics
- Cultivar
- Green Calaloo
- Seeds per gram
- 1500.0
- Plant height (cm)
- 70
- Growth habit
- Upright, Bushy
- Life cycle
- annual
Botanical details
- Common names
- Amaranth
- Synonyms
- annual · culinary
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Amaranthus
- Species
- Amaranthus tricolor